The decennial census is the basis for virtually all demographic information used by educators. policy makers. journalists and community leaders America relies on Census data everydayto determine where to build more roads. hospitals. and child care centers. The extent of the problem should be clear. Poor people living in cities and rural communities. AfricanAmericans and Latinos. immigrants and children were disproportionally undercounted. In Florida. the 1990 Census missed more than 258.900 people. Like the national results. a disproportionate number of undercounted Florida residents were minorities4% (73.319 people) of AfricanAmericans were missed. 1.8% (2.881 people) of Asians in Florida were undercounted. 5.3% (87.654 people) of Hispanic ongin were missed. and 2.7% (1.006 people) of native Americans were undercounted.
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